Automatic turning-lathe.



J. R. Bums. l AUTOMATIC TURNING LATHE.

APPLIUATION FILED 00116,*1912. 1,0623 1 9, Patented May 20, 1913.

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AUTOMATIC TURNING LATHE.

APPLIOATION FILED 00116, 1912.

Patented May 20, 1918.

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J. R. BINNS AUTOMATIC TURNING LTn..

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AUTOMATIC TURNING LATER,

' APPLICATION FILED 00T. 16', 1912.

1,062,319. Patented May 20, 1913.

- ",UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VJ'ANLIES R. BIiNNS, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF` TO ELDIVIN D. MYERS, 0F

i CANTON, OHIO.

AUTOMATIC TURNING-LATHE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' `Application led October 16, 1912. Serial No. 726,050.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES R. BINNS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the count of Stark and State of- Ohio, have invente certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic 'Iurning- Lathes, of which the. following is a Specifica My invention relates to improvements in automatic "turning lathes, in whichmechanism is providedfor automaticallyfeedmg ther-stock'designed to be turned and to provide various predetermined forms. The objects of the present invention, are first, to provide `a. machine in which the f various movable parts are so timed that the stock can be properly fed and second, to

provide mechanismfor automatically bringing the forming knives and cutting kmves into proper action, and third, to generally -lmprove automatic turning lathes so that uniform accuracyis maintained, reference of course, being had to specifically designed handles, but it` will be understood that the devices for producing different designs or formations may be varied. These objects together with other objects readily apparent to those skilled in the art, I attain by the construction illustrated in 'the accompanying'drawings, although my invention may be embodied in a variety of other mechanical forms, the construction illustrated being chosen as the most desirable.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 dinal View showing parts in section. Fig. 3'is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the power shaft showing the knife -actuating camlocated thereon, also showing transverse vsection of the' rock shaft.l Fig. 5 is an end view showing the power end of the lathe. Fig. 6 Iis a detached perspective `view showing portions of the handle holdin devices also showing the gage plate and a `gorming knife actuating head. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the tail-bar actuating cams showing a portion of the driving shaft and 1an edge view of the gear wheel. is a detached perspective view of the tail- 150 bar actuatin cams showing portion of the l driving sha t. Fig. 9 is a transverse section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 2.

' Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures of the drawings.

is aperspective view. Fig.`2 is a longitu-l Fig. 8j

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents the standard or base frames to which are connected or formed integral therewith the base frame 2 to which base 2 are attached the standards 3, 4, 5 and `6, said standards are preferably adjustably attached at their bottom or lower ends tothe base frame 2, except the standard 3, which may be if desired, permanently fixed to the base plate 2. The driving shaft 7 is journaled in suitable bearings such as 8 held in Xed relationship with reference to the base frame'2. vUpon the driving shaft 7 is mounted the gear wheel 9, which gear wheel is driven by the pinion 10, said pinion being mounted upon the shaft -11 together Awith the driving wheel 12, which driving wheel is driven from any source of power.

The .method of imparting rotary movement to the driving shaft 7 is shown conventionally as it willbe ,understood that any kind of gear may be employed without departing from the nature of the present invention. 1

The standards 5 and 6 are provided with the upright members 13 and 14 which uprights are'for the purpose of receiving the pat-tern 15. The upright members 13 and 14 also carry. the bar 16 upon which bar is pivotally mounted the rock arm 17 to which rock arm is connected the fo-rming knife 18. The rock arm 17 is Soarranged that it is moved along and upon the pattern 15, thereby imparting a rocking movement to the opposite end of the rock arm 17 so that it will produce a handle in accordance with the pattern 15. It will be understood that different patterns may be employedl and' must be ,employed to produce different patterns', and it therefore follows that a variety of shapes can be produced by changing from time to time the patterns 15. For the purpose of causing the knife' to travel along and upon the blank the driving shaft 7 is -provided at its inner end with the crank 19, to which crank is pivotally connected one end of the link 20. The opposite end of" Said link being pivotally connected to the sliding block 21, which sliding block is moved up and down in the slotted guide 22, which guide Vis held in proper fixed relationship with reference to the iXed parts of the lathe. :To the sliding block or head 21 is attached in any convenient and well known manner the chain 23 or its equivalent, which chain passes over the wheel 24 and is extended and connected to the head 25 which head moves back and forth upon the guide` rods 26 and 27, which guide rods are held in fixed relationship by being securely connected t0 the proper standards Yor their equivalents. For the purpose of prevent-- ing any tilting or wabbling movement of the head 25, said head is provided with the sleeve 28, which sleeve is extended a short distance in opposite directions from the sides of the head 25,

For the purpose of moving the roek-arm.

17 together with the forming knife 18 in one direction and in the direction to form the handle by the cutting action of the knife the rod 29 is provided which rod is securely attached in any convenient and well known manner tothe rock-arm 17. This rod 29 extends through a suitable aperture in the head 25 so that said head can move for a portion of its distance if desired without impart-ing reciprocating or .longitudinal movement to the rod 29. However it is of importance and in fact necessary for the head 25 and the rod 29 to move in4 unison during the time the cutting knife 18 is in action and in order to produce-this simultaneou's movement of the head 25 and the rod 29'said rod is provided withthe adjustable block 30, which adjustable block is securely heldin fixed adjustment upon the rod 29 by the set screw 31. lt will lle understood that by adjusting the blockv 30 the cutting knifeA 18 will be brought into action when the head 25 strikes the block 30 but not before.

For the purposevof resetting theiknifel 18 for a new cut the sn'ino- 32 is rovided which spring is so tensioned that as the head.25 is moved backward when released from the pulling action of the chain 23, said spring 32 will also move the rod 29 carrying with it the rock arm 17 and the cutting knife 13. The spring 33 will move the head 25 backward when the same is released. The spring 33 should be of sufficient strength to move not only the head 25 but also the chain 23 as said chain is released by the upward movement of the sliding block 2l. lt is well understood that in the proper formation of Various Shaped handles it is of importance to properly out the ends of thehaudles, giving to said ends the desired lornxation. lnjorder to provide for thus veutting the ends of the handles suitable end cutting knives 34 are provided` which knives are mounted upon the swinging arms 35, which swinging arms are securely mounted in any convenient. and well known manner upon the rock shaft 3G, wluelrrock shaft is journaled in the proper -supports or fixed port-ions of the frame proper. It will also be understood that. the inward movement ofthe end cutting knives 34 l,underside of the arm 44.

For the purpose of holding the handle .or'l more specifically the blaxikfrom which the should' be stopped the instant the ends of the handle have been properly cut, and in `order for thus stopping'the inward movement ofthe end cutting knives 34, the stopar1n37 is provided, which stop-arm i's securely mounted upon the rock-shaft 36. For the purpose of providin'gthe proper adjustment for the stop-'arm 37, the inner end of said stop-arm is provided with the set screw 3S, the inner end of which set screw strikes against. the tail block head 39.

For the purpose of moving the end cutting knives 34 inward or toward the longitudinal center of the handle acted upon the driving shaft 7 is provided with the cam 40,

which cam is for the purpose of actuating the trip lever 41, which trip lever is pivotally mounted upon the guide rod 27 and is provided with the extension 42, through which extension the rod 43 passes which rod is pivoted at its top or upper end to the rock shaft actuating arm 44. Below the extension 42 is located the spring 45,2wl1icl1 spring `presses against the. underside -of thev extenslon 42 and its opposite end presses against the head 46 secured to the bottom or lower end ofthe rod 43. It will be understood that asthe cam 40 is rotated in the proper direction the trip lever 41 will be moved so as to 'swing said trip lever away from the driving'shaft 7, thereby moving the extension- 42 *downward carrying with V itthe arm 44'and thereby rocking the rock shaft 36 to'which rock shaft the end cutting knives 34 are operatively connected. The cam 40 actuates the trip arm 41 ,by means of the pin 47, which engages' the periphery of said'eam. It will be understood thatavhen the stop arm 37 is brought to a deadstop 4the movement of the rock shaft should `also be stopped so as to prevent any accidental movement of the end cutting knives and in order to provide for the actual vstopping of the rock shaft 36, even before.V

the trip lever 41 been released the spring 45 will permit a' slight movement of the trip lever or arm 41 independentl of the movement of the 'arm 44, so that. if. in the event the set screw 38 carried by the stop arm 37 should strike the tail block head 39 before the trip arm 41 has been actually released, said cam can continue to move or' the springv45'will automatically -mve the arm t4 in the opposite direction from that lVhen the trip arm 4l has i. been released by the action of tl1e'ea1n-40,

moved bythe cam 40, which moveu'ient ele-` rates` the inner ends of the end cutting:

knives. vThis upwardy movement isbrought about by the plu 43strik1ng the bottompr 60 ing shaft 7 should be so timed that the va- 'bar 53 is slidably mounted in the tail-block or head 39 and is actuated to hold the blank' and to releasethe blank by means of the rock-bar 54 and the cams 55 and, 55, said cams55 and 55 being securely (mounted upon the driving shaft 7. The cam 55 is so timed that it Will release the block or blank after the proper turning or cutting action has been given to the blank. The cam 55a is so timed that it will actuate the rock bar 54 in the direction tol hold the blank, said cam 55a being provided With a straight face or edge 55, said straight face or edge beingpf sufficient Alength to hold the tail bar 53 against the end of the blank for a suffi-V cient time to permit the proper cut-ting or turningr of the handle and after the straight edge has fully passed the rock bar 54, the

cam moves the rock bar 54 in the opposite i direction and releases the blank. It will be understood that the rock bar 54 should be l pivotally connected to the tail-bar 53 at one ing shaft 7. i It will beunderstood -that When-the rock bar 57 is moved at its top or upper end toward the socket shaft 50, it will move said push rod by means ofthe grooved head 59 secured upon said push rod and for the purpose of retracting said push rod after it has performed its function and been released from the cam 58, the spring 60 is provided, Which spring is compressed when the push rod 56 is moved by the cam 58 and automatically expanded when the rock bar 57 has been released from its cam action.

For the purpose of properly t-ruing up the socket end ofthe handle'and insuring the pro-per cutting off of the lsocket portion the knifeIO isprovided, which knife is secured to the sliding head 61, which sliding head is actuated by the cam (i2 and the pin V68, the pin 63 being securely connected to the sliding head (31. The cam 62 is mounted upon the driving shaft 7 and rotates with s'aid driving shaft. lt will beunderstood that all of the cams mounted upon the drivl'iousl parts actuated by said cams Wil'l also be so timed that there will be no interference with the various parts during their action.

For the purpose of actuating the blank feeding devices which feeding Vdevices are made up of the blank holding bars 64, the guide bars 65 are provided, which bars are held in proper relative position with reference to the socket shaft and tail bar of the lathe proper and are rocked or oscillated by means, of the crank or cam 66 and the rock arm 67. The blank feeding device in this application as a device is the same as the one shown and described in my previous applicationfor Letters Patent for improvement in automatic machine for boring han.- dles, filed June 10, 1912, Serial No. 702,644, Which application gives a fullv detailed description, and to describe it here would be a repetition of the description in my former application. l, A

The cam 55 Will rock the bar 54 in one direction and vfor the purpose of rocking the said bar `rin the opposite direction the cam 55a is provided by means of the two cams, the rock vbar 54 is so timed that the tail-bar 53 kwill be actuated at the same time both to hold the blank and to release the same. Y

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is- 1 1.In an automatic turning lathe of the class described, the combination of a suitable frame, a driving shaft, 4said driving shaft provided with a series of cams, a crank secured to one end of the driving shaft, a link pivotally connected to said crank, a block pivoted to said link, means for guiding the block, a chain connected to said block at one end, a sliding head androne end of said chain connectedto said sliding head, a rod' located through said head and provided with an adjustable block, a' sliding rockvarm provided with a cutting knife and slid by said rod, a pattern plate adapted for; contact With said rock arm, a rock shaft provided with rockarms, said rock arms provided with end forming knives, a trip lever adapted to be actuated by one of the cams of the series, an actuating arm secured to the rock 'arm carrying the end cutting knives, a rod pivotally connected to said rock arm and a spring located around said 115 rod and adapted for engagement With the trip level', substantially as'and for the purpose specified.

2. In an automatic turning lathe, the combination of a frame, a driving shaft, a crank 120 secured at one end of the driving shaft, a link pivotally connected'to said crank, a block pivotedto said crank, means for guiding the block, a sliding head, guide rods adapted to guide said sliding head; means 125 intermediate the block and the sliding head, adapted to move the sliding head in one direction, a rod located through said sliding head, said rod provided with an adjustable block,a sliding rock arm secured to said rod 130 to be slidthereby, said rock arm provided with a turning knife, a pattern plate adapted to actuate said rock arm, a socket shaft, l

means for rotating said socket shaft, a reciprocating tail-bar, means for reciprocating said tail-bar, a spring adapted to movethe sliding head in one direction, a rock shaft provided with rock arms, said rock arms provided with end forming knives, a stop arm adapted' to limit the movement of the rock arms, a cam adapted to actuate the rock shaft and yielding means between said rock arm and cam` substantially asand forthe purpose specified.

3. In an automatic turninglathe the combination of a frame, a driving shaft, a Series of cams mounted upon said driving shaft, a series of standards supported upon said frame and spaced from each other, guide ate said rock arm, a rotatable socket shaft'- and a reciprocating;` tail bar, a rock shaft adapted to be rocked b vXo-ne of the cams of the series upon the drive shaft, rock arms secured to said rock shaft, Said rock arms provided with cutting .knives and 'means for limiting the rocking` movement of the rock of cams mounted upon said driving shaft,

a series of standards supported upon saidframe and spaced from each other, guide rods ca rried by `said standards, a. he'ad slidably mounted upon' said guide rods, means for imparting sliding movement 'to ,sa-id head, a rod located through said head',IA said rod providedwith an adjustable block adapted for contactwithsaid sliding rod, a sliding rock arml secured to said rod to be slid thereby, said rock arm provided with a turning knife, a pattern plate adapted to actuate said rock arm, a rotatable socket shaft and a reciprocating tail bar, a rock shaft adapted to be rocked by oneof the cams of the series upon the drive, shaft, rock arms vsecured to said rock shaft, said rock arms provided with. cutting-:knives and means for limiting,y the rocking movement 'of the rock arms and cutting knives,and an end cutting knife lo-- cated adjacent'the socket shaft andmeans Afor actuating said end cuttingknife,substantially as and for the purpose specified;

In testimony that I claim' the -above, I

have hereunto subscribed my name in the` presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES R. BINNS.-

lVitnesses JOHN I-I. BISHOP, HAZEL OWEN. 

